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Can anyone figure out why these are called spittle bugs?

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About a month ago, they were on every blade of grass, tree sapling, weed, thistle, etc. Cool bugs, but I didn’t learn much about about them beyond ID-ing except that they can be mild agricultural pests in some areas. I couldn’t figure out which areas or what crops though.

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